Clostridium difficile infection

WK Smits, D Lyras, DB Lacy, MH Wilcox… - Nature reviews Disease …, 2016 - nature.com
Infection of the colon with the Gram-positive bacterium Clostridium difficile is potentially life
threatening, especially in elderly people and in patients who have dysbiosis of the gut …

European Society of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases: update of the treatment guidance document for Clostridium difficile infection

SB Debast, MP Bauer, EJ Kuijper… - Clinical microbiology …, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract In 2009 the first European Society of Clinical Microbiology and Infection (ESCMID)
treatment guidance document for Clostridium difficile infection (CDI) was published. The …

Clinical Practice Guidelines for Clostridium difficile Infection in Adults and Children: 2017 Update by the Infectious Diseases Society of America (IDSA) and Society for …

LC McDonald, DN Gerding, S Johnson… - Clinical infectious …, 2018 - academic.oup.com
Triptolide (TP), a traditional Chinese medicine, has been reported to be effective in the
treatment of autoimmune diseases and exerting antineoplastic activity in several human …

ACG clinical guidelines: prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of Clostridioides difficile infections

CR Kelly, M Fischer, JR Allegretti… - Official journal of the …, 2021 - journals.lww.com
Clostridioides difficile infection occurs when the bacterium produces toxin that causes
diarrhea and inflammation of the colon. These guidelines indicate the preferred approach to …

2019 update of the WSES guidelines for management of Clostridioides (Clostridium) difficile infection in surgical patients

M Sartelli, S Di Bella, LV McFarland, S Khanna… - World Journal of …, 2019 - Springer
In the last three decades, Clostridium difficile infection (CDI) has increased in incidence and
severity in many countries worldwide. The increase in CDI incidence has been particularly …

WSES guidelines for management of Clostridium difficile infection in surgical patients

M Sartelli, MA Malangoni, FM Abu-Zidan… - World Journal of …, 2015 - Springer
In the last two decades there have been dramatic changes in the epidemiology of
Clostridium difficile infection (CDI), with increases in incidence and severity of disease in …

NAP1 Strain Type Predicts Outcomes From Clostridium difficile Infection

I See, Y Mu, J Cohen, ZG Beldavs… - Clinical infectious …, 2014 - academic.oup.com
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Japanese clinical practice guidelines for management of Clostridioides (Clostridium) difficile infection

H Kunishima, H Ohge, H Suzuki, A Nakamura… - Journal of Infection and …, 2022 - jiac-j.com
Toxigenic culture and cytotoxicity assays are standard tests for detecting C. difficile infection
(CDI). Others include immunochromatographic strips, a rapid diagnostic test that detects …

Fecal Microbiota Transplantation in Patients Co-Infected with SARS-CoV2 and Clostridioides difficile

A Boicean, B Neamtu, S Birsan, F Batar, C Tanasescu… - Biomedicines, 2022 - mdpi.com
Background: The COVID-19 pandemic has challenged the treatment of Clostridioides
Difficile (CD)-infected patients given the increasing number of co-infections with severe …

The epidemiology of Clostridium difficile infection inside and outside health care institutions

DN Gerding, FC Lessa - Infectious Disease Clinics, 2015 - id.theclinics.com
Clostridium difficile is an unusual gastrointestinal bacterial infection highly associated with
health care exposure and generally occurring only in subjects whose normal protective gut …